SU turned on the Knick game last night in the 3rd quarter on ESPN. At that point, Melo was 3 for 10 with his shooting. The Knicks then broke out the triangle offense. Melo shot the next 6 times up the court (made them all) and then was fouled on the next 3 possessions. I believe it was literally 9 offensive possessions in a row. Even Jeff Van Gundy said on the broadcast that while you may want to go to the isolation offense and feed the hot hand, at some point you risk totally freezing the other players out. SU has done the analysis and research and at 9 possessions it gets very very cold for the other players. He finished the night 9 for 22 from the field which means he must have missed his last 6 shots.
Bottom line: they won the game against an undermanned Nets team that couldn’t stop him or elected not to double team. Why you don’t double team a shooter who is not looking to pass and is hot is beyond me but I am not an NBA coach (although I do play one on TV). But the other bottom line is that this is unwatchable and not a winning formula. It’s time for a new approach at MSG.
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The Death of A Team
When you start selecting what appears to be your “new” impact players who are already past their prime and medically challenged… it’s simply a march on the slow death trail. Toss in the triangle which no one else uses and no one seems to embrace… and now splitting the mangagerial duties with MIT legends in Kurt Rambis… and here we are with the 2016-17 Wringling Brohters & Barnum Bailey New York Knicks. I will congratulate them though as they finally held a team under 100 points… Oh yes, it was a home game and against the undermanned Brooklyn Nets. Hey… ya gotta start somewhere. Just ask The Donald.
When you say “The Knicks then broke out the triangle offense” do you mean that they stopped using it or started using it? I assume you meant the started using it, though the triangle is predicated on ball movement which doesn’t mean isolation so that would make my assumption wrong.
I think the triangle works best when you have first round hall of fame players using it. Not sure the Knicks have any of those playing right now.
Yes, well there is no triangle offense this year which is fine. The more troubling concern is that we will see more Melo isolation offense. Mike Woodson must be running practices this year.